- Date
- October 28, 1968
- Place
- South Haven, KS · SOUTH HAVEN, KS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N37139Ercoupe 415-C
- Status
- Completed · report December 27, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 108037
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3786 68/10/28 SOUTH HAVEN,KANS ERCOUPE 415-C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 32, 127 TIME - 1730 N37139 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 91 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- PLT TOOK OFF FROM SHORT GRASS FLD. 20 FT HIGH TREES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N37139
- Reported as
- Ercoupe 415-C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N37139Registered now · Ercoupe 415-CAirframe modelErcoupe 415-CEngine modelAmateur-built UNKNOWN ENG
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